Hi, A colleague has somehow demoted the admin account on his machine to merely "standard". Amazingly enough he can now do very little on the machine. :) I tried creating a new "admin" account but I need an current one to unlock the padlock. Any ideas on how I can "promote" an existing standard account back to "Administrative" status? Happy to futz around in the Terminal or single user mode if that's what's required. -- Regards, Mark (}-: +61 (0)4 1927 7198 Skype / AIM / iChat: gibsonm1 All computers wait at the same speed. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/x4u/attachments/20061215/959eea9c/attachment.html